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I Should Have Run

One cold dark night, a woman encounters something strange and terrifying on her walk home. When it asks her a question, her sheer terror causes her to lie... with disastrous consequences.

  • Gabriela Staniszewska
    Director
    The Spring, Blaise, Kokeshi Love, Kin
  • Gabriela Staniszewska
    Writer
    The Spring, Blaise, Kokeshi Love, Kin
  • Gabriela Staniszewska
    Producer
    The Spring, Blaise, Kokeshi Love
  • Gabriela Staniszewska
    Key Cast
    Blaise
  • Scott Wharram
    Director of Photography
    Blaise, The Spring, Kin
  • Gabriela Staniszewska
    Editor
    1st credit as editor
  • Kieran Hayhow
    1st AD
    Thirteen, Another Mother's Son
  • Matthew Chippendale-Jones
    1st AC
    The Spring
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 50 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 30, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    200 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Portland Horror Film Festival
    Portland
    United States
    June 8, 2017
    Official Selection
  • Final Girls Berlin
    Berlin
    Germany
    February 23, 2017
    Official Selection
  • Necronomicon
    Providence, RI
    United States
    August 17, 2017
    Official Selection
  • Independent Horror Movie Awards

    January 4, 2017
    Official Selection
  • Kinofilm International Short Film & Animation Festival
    Manchester
    United Kingdom
    November 20, 2017
    Official Selection
  • Ridgefield Independent Film Festival
    Ridgefield, Connecticut
    United States
    May 19, 2017
    Official Selection
  • Bloodstained Indie Horror Film Festival
    Tokyo
    Japan
    December 1, 2016
    Official Selection
  • Female Filmmakers Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    March 21, 2017
    Official Selection
  • The Women's Film Festival
    Philadelphia
    United States
    March 16, 2017
    Official Selection
  • Etheria Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    July 3, 2017
    Official Selection
  • Los Angeles Women's International Doc Fest
    Los Angeles
    United States
    March 23, 2017
    Official Selection
  • The Indie Horror Film Festival
    Dekalb
    United States
    April 21, 2017
    Official Selection
  • Ax Wound Film Festival
    Brattleboro, Vermont
    United States
    November 5, 2016
    Official Selection
  • Newborn Short Film Festival
    Berlin
    Germany
    October 13, 2016
    Official Selection
  • Portland Oregon Women's Film Festival (POW Film Fest)
    Portland
    United States
    March 2, 2017
    Official Selection
  • International Women's Film Festival
    Orlando
    United States
    October 15, 2016
    Official Selection
  • Cardiff Mini Film Festival
    Cardiff
    United Kingdom
    June 26, 2016
    Best Short Ficton
  • Underwire Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    November 30, 2016
    Nominated for Best Editing
  • Lady Filmmakers Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    September 23, 1206
    Official Selection
  • Spotlight Horror Film Awards
    Atlanta
    United States
    December 31, 2016
    Award Winner
  • Female Filmmakers Fuse Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    June 23, 2017
    Award Winner
  • Women In Horror Film Festival
    Atlanta
    United States
    September 22, 2017
    Award Winner
  • Red Ditch Halloween Film Festival

    October 28, 2016
    Semi Finalist
  • London International Story First Film Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    January 20, 2018
    Semi Finalist
  • Encounters Short Film Festival
    Bristol
    United Kingdom
    September 10, 2017
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Gabriela Staniszewska

Gabriela Staniszewska is the award winning Director, Writer and Producer of The Spring, which made an impression on the festival circuit in 2015. Winner of the Woman Director of the Year award, and a Gold Award for Excellence at the IFFWSZ festival in Jakarta, I Should Have Run is her horror debut. Her first major project was Bristol zombie film Blaise, for which she was the producer, as well as other credits. Since then she has assistant directed and produced various other short animations and live-action films.

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Director Statement

I Should Have Run may look like a very simple horror... owing a lot to Edgar Allan Poe, but it is just a little more than that.
I Should Have Run was written in the face of depression and grief following the suicide of a close friend, and symbolises the mistakes you make along your journey, the lies you tell yourself and others... and ultimately the dire consequences of those lies. This film was made on a budget of £200.
Thank you for taking the time to read this, and I hope you enjoy the film.